South Forces Claim Victory In Wage Fight
Southern senators claimed victory in a year long battle for a lower minimum wage in the industrial north. They pressed for broad exemptions from a 40 cent hourly wage scale, with seven years to implement, and proposed boards to grant industry wide and regional exceptions. The conference committee set a base of 25 cents, with a possible 30 cent rise in year two, and boards to push toward 40 cents while trimming weekly hours, but the exemption scope remained contested. Separately, progress was noted on a $3.723 billion relief and public works bill as the WPA allotment rose to $1.425 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dixie
North
Senate
Southern Committee
Pepper
Florida
Ebsender
Louisiana
Conference Committee
Walsh
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Four youths held in $120 Milwaukee road holdup
Four youths, believed Milwaukee area teenagers, were held in La Crosse after a farmer and sheriff posse rounded them up for the $120 robbery of Tom Girdier at a West Salem filling station. Artie Borckman and Dominic Severini surrendered near Mindoro. George Lane Jr and Jerry Monroe were detained in Sparta denying involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Milwaukee
Monroe
Tom Girdier
West Salem
Artie C. Borckman
Dominic Severini
Contract let for Fort Atkinson plant
A contract to construct a factory for Mac Brothers Manufacturing Company a fighting equipment firm was let last night to T 5.1 Wilks of Janesville The project calls for 856 745 to be spent Work begins Monday and must be finished within 60 days Upon completion the firm will move to Fort Atkinson from Milwaukee and employ between 60 and 75 men
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Mac Brothers Manufacturing Company
Wilks
Janesville
Milwaukee
McCall Confesses To Abduction Of Child In Florida
Federal officials announced Franklin Pierce McCall 21 confessed to kidnapping 5 year old Jimmy Cash in Florida. McCall said the child died accidentally after the abduction and that he did not intend murder. Hoover said the case is fully solved and a grand jury will pursue murder and kidnapping charges with capital punishment possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Aronstam
United Press
Miami
Fla
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation Today
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
Hoover
McCall
G- Men
Florida
Atty
G. A. Worley
Princeton
G-Men
J. B. Cash
McCail
Jimmie Cash
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
McAdoo
California
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Aubrey Wickame
WPA
Admim-Trater
Goodman
Rossevelt
Manetti
Rooccrell
Everal
National
Californie
Drowning of John Langenfeld in Lake Winnebago tragedy
John Langenfeld 76 of New Holstein died in a Lake Winnebago fishing trip. His overturned boat and body were found near Brothertown harbor after a morning departure. Coroner ruled accidental drowning with no inquest. Survived by 5 sons and 5 daughters. Funeral anticipated Monday.
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New Holstein
Wis
Winnebago
John Langenfeld
Brothertown Harbor
Langenfeld
Adolph
J. J. Minahan
Calumet
Decissed
Marytown
Theresa Brest
Johnsburg
Marrtown
John Langenfeld & Sons Barage
Paul
Edwerd
Michael
Fond du Lac
Nicholas Langenfeld
Fordham University
New York
Leonata Halbach
Waterford
Japanese Cut Vital Chinese Railroad Line Near Chengchow
Japanese dynamiting squads reportedly blew up the Peiping Hankow railway at three points south of Chengchow halting Hankow Chengchow traffic. Chinese forces withdrew south to defend arsenals and mountainous terrain as Japanese troops closed on the junction. Dr Sanford Ayers of Atlanta was reported forced to move his hospital away from Chengchow due to air attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Peiping
Hankow
Chengchow
Paisha Station
China
Sunghai
Hankow-Chengchow
Japan
Sanford Ayers
Atlanta, Ga
Cheng- Chow
Republicans Lose Jenks as House Seats Shift
The Republican minority drops to 89 seats as Rep Jenks of New Hampshire is unseated after a disputed 1936 result. Democrats gain two seats to 328. Alphonse Roy and Joe B Bates seated. Current tally Democrats 328, Republicans 9, Farmer-Labor 3, Progressives 7, vacancies 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Jenks
New Hampshire
Alphonse Roy
Joe
Revocation of Byllesby Firm License Urged
Madison report says state counsel urged revoking the Wisconsin license of H. M. Byllesby & Co. after a six day hearing into alleged improper practices. The brief accuses secret transactions, payments to stockholders, and corruption of former Public Service Commissioner official William M. Dinneen, among eight counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Securities Division
The
State Banking Commission
Wisconsin
H. M. Byllesby & Co
Securities Investment Concern
Chicago
William H. Spohn
Bruno V. Bitker
Milwaukee
Lawrence J. Brody
la Crosse
William M. Dinneen
State Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission of
Informaton
Standard Light and Power Corporation
H. M Byllesby & Co
Dinneen
Milwaukee Bans Secret Race Hatred Meetings in Taverns
Mayor Daniel W. Hoan signed a resolution prohibiting secret meetings of race hatred groups like the Silvershirts and Protective League in taverns. Alderman Samuel Soref said open public meetings remain allowed, and the measure targets clandestine assemblies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Daniel W. Hoan
Zs the
Silvershirts
Protective League
Samuel Soref
Hoan
General Relief Loads Rise 100 Percent in State
The Wisconsin Public Welfare Department reports an approximate doubling of general relief load from August 1937 to March 1938 amid ongoing business recession. Cities and counties vary with large increases in urban counties like Milwaukee and Ravine and declines in northern counties such as Bayfield and Rusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Florence
Waukesha
Sauk
Oneda
iFareet
Wisconsin
Waukeea
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Ravine
Rock
Rusk
Bayfield
Junecn
Lawsor
Washburn
France Offers To Aid Great Britain To Halt Air Raids
France and Britain face intensified aerial warfare as London seeks drastic action against Spanish insurgents. Bonnet signals France’s willingness to cooperate with extreme measures to end Mediterranean air raids, following the Brisbane incident and a string of attacks on British shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Great Britain
London
Britain
Burgos
Georges Bonnet
Eric Phipps
Paris
Willig
Mediterranean
Eric
Bonnet
Brisbane
Denha
Weather Report Preview Hints Areas Busy With Rain and Warmth
The report notes Wisconsin generally fair in the northwest with thunderstorms in the east and south, cooler north central and extreme west, warmer in the southeast. Tonight through Saturday shows a split forecast with northern clearing and southern clouds and showers, cooler in the southwest and Senigel sections. Observations list Milwaukee highs and lows, Yellowstone, and Lockstadt Observatory readings with temperatures around 74 and 48 and wind from the southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Westerday
Phoenix
Vellowstone
Lockstalf Observatory
Baynimaum
Nobles of Shrine Bound for Home
Nobles of the Mostir shrine return home amid happy faces. Marching bands and cheers accompany the procession as members travel toward Las Angles. The event closes with a sense of reunion and celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Angeies
Mostir Chine
Reilrasure
Ligas
Fatal death shocks Fort Benning family in Georgia
Mrs Elizabeth Brooke 42 wife of Major John R Brooke Jr tactical instructor at Fort Benning was found dead at the family quarters with head injuries. Major Brooke under guard while federal investigators led by U S District Attorney T Hoyt Davis probe the case. Daughters Barbara 12 Carolyn 9 and Joan 16 told neighbors. three children are now with friends. Mrs Brooke born Fond du Lac Wisconsin in 1896 was a nurse trained at Walter Reed hospital and daughter of J W Gerhard famed local baker.
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Fort Benning
U. S
T. Hoyt Davis
John R. Brooke Jr
Brooke
Army Infantry School Hospital
Charles W. Thomas Jr
Davis
Macon
Barbara
Carolyn
John
Buddy
Elizabeth Gerhard
Fond du Lac
Wis
Baker
Elizabeth Brooke
Fort Bennings
J. W. Gerhard
Grafton Hall
University of Wisconsin
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Army Hospital
Gerhard
Fond’ du Lac
Joan Jr
Chef captured at Fond du Lac for Green Bay police
Brown county authorities detained 33 year old chef Lowell Wiggins after a high speed chase. Wiggins was arrested in Fond du Lac and brought to Green Bay on charges of attempted robbery at Edward Houck's tavern. He allegedly fired a shot and fled in a tavern keeper's car containing a bank bag with $200. Houck sought safety by leaping from the rear of the tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bar
Wis. U
Lowell KR. Wiggins
Brown County
Ford du Lac
Edward Houck
Green Bay
Shenf
Clifford Kellner
Houck
Wiggs
Meda
Charles Flanders
Fond du Lat
Wiggins
Colorado State Penitentiary
Plymouth
Derry Wright
Fond du Lac
Ma Zone
Huge Army Plane Crashes in Storm Near Delavan
An army B 18 bomber crashed in a electrical storm on a Delavan farm killing eight crew members. Wreckage spread over a half mile, with several bodies found near opened or burned parachutes. Coroner and army investigators traced the flight from Chanute to Lowry in a routine training mission. lightning and debris sparked the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles Findley
Delagan
Ill
Here
Carey Youle
Nelson A. Wright
Tazewell County
Wright
Chanute Army Geld
Rantoul
Denver
Colo
Chanute Field
Lowry Field
Richard B. Reeve
Waunakee
Wis
Norman H. Ives
Los Angeles
Thomas Langden
Galveston
Tex
Edward F. Murah
Corp
William H. Housley
Phillip J. Truitt
Max W. Myser
George L. Huntsman
O. E. Henderson
Ranjoul
Corps
Lowryfield
Murah
Myser
Huntsman
Housley
Truitt
Langley Field
Hampton Roads
Henderson
Army
Roy W.camblin
Hugo P. Rush
Samuel Stephenson
Chanute ‘Field
Delavan
Youle
Cte
Stilan
Laura “Youle
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Banking Commission
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Stanray
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John R. Brooke
Georgia
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